New Pluralists is a funder collaborative focused on supporting the growing field of practitioners, storytellers, researchers, and innovators working to foster a culture of pluralism in America. New Pluralists is working closely with a group of Field Builders representing diverse talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and areas of work who are helping to shape our shared aspirations and strategy.

The Global Flourishing Study (GFS) is a longitudinal research study being carried out in collaboration between scholars at Harvard University and Baylor University with Gallup and the Center for Open Science. The Global Flourishing Study has the potential to powerfully advance our understanding of human flourishing. This project is supported by John Templeton Foundation, the Templeton Religion Trust, the Templeton World Charity Foundation, the Fetzer Institute, the Paul Foster Family Foundation, the Wellbeing for Planet Earth Foundation, Well Being Trust, and the David & Carol Myers Foundation.

The John Templeton Foundation and the Simons Foundation jointly hosted a TED Social featuring a fireside chat with Brian Greene on black holes, occurring on the very day of the historic black hole photo by the Black Hole Initiative (BHI),This initiative, a first-of-its-kind research effort based at Harvard, brings together the world’s top scientists and philosophers to explore nature’s wildest enigmas: black holes.

The John Templeton Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and the Simons Foundation are partnering to advance fundamental physics by funding small scale experiments that explore physics which has typically been explored at large-scale facilities (e.g., CERN, LIGO). If successful, the experiments could reveal signatures of entirely new building blocks of the universe, and at a fraction of the cost associated with a super-collider, perhaps pointing the way towards a new era of discovery in particle physics.

The John Templeton Foundation co-organized a gathering of global experts on science and faith at the Vatican with the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders.

The John Templeton Foundation provided counsel and made introductions for Morgan Freeman to interview different religious leaders from around the world on The Story of God With Morgan Freeman. Over 3.5 million viewers tuned into the miniseries' premiere, making it the fourth most-watched telecast of all time for National Geographic’s US network.

The John Templeton Foundation is a founding member of the Grantmakers for Thriving Youth, a funders’ forum promoting equitable systems, structures, and opportunities for a comprehensive approach to learning and development so all young people can build and strengthen the skills and capacities they need to thrive in learning, work, citizenship, and life.